port selfupdate: “macPorts sources: command execution failed”

Question

I am trying to selfupdate my Macports, but I am getting the following message:

Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error synchronizi         


        

Answer 1

In my case, the problem was internal to Macports! I updated rsync (the one delivered by Apple is old) with Macports and then Macports failed to use it (/opt/local/bin/rsync) but asked instead to use /usr/bin/rsync which does not exist (or has been erased to force using Macports rsync ?). I created a soft link between the two and now it works again.